For the 88th Birthday of August the Younger
1.5 Reichstalern
416, Lot: 547. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GERMANY, Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (Herzogtum). August der Jüngere (the Younger). 1635-1666. AR Löser zu 1.5 Reichstalern (63mm, 43.11 g, 12h). Commemorating his 88th birthday. Zellerfeld mint. Dated
1666 HS. VIRTUTEM FAMA CORONAT AUGVUSTI (
sic) AUGUSTAM, bust of August facing, wearing skullcap, two angels above, one crowing August, the other blowing trumpet; all within wreath / A : M : 1666 : ÆTA : 88 : NAT : X APR :, helmet surmounted by arms of Braunschweig facing; ALLES MIT BEDACHT around; all within wreath decorated with fourteen crowned coats-of-arms; 1½ stamped below. Davenport 88; Welter 792; KM 479.1. Good VF, toned, wavy flan, scattered marks and die breaks in fields and on edge.